Collar-fastener.



A REED COLLAR FASTENER.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 24,19oe.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

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UNITED sra rns rarnrvr orrrcn ADAM REED, OF MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE,ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH O. PAR-KER, OF MIDDLE- TOWN, DELAWARE.

COLLAR-FASTENEB.

Application filed August 24, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM REED, a citizen of the United States, residingat Middletown, in the county of Newcastle and State of Delaware, haveinvented a new and useful Collar- Fastener, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to horse collar fas teners.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel fastener of thischaracter in which the usual pieces of leather that are employed forsecuring the buckle members to the collar sections may be dispensedwith, whereby to eflect a pronounced saving in the construction of ahorse collar, and also materially to simplify its manufacture.Furthermore, to adapt the fastener to be secured to the collar either bymeans of rivets, or by straps, if

referred.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a horse collar fastener, aswill be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts:Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing the upper portion of thecollar equipped with one form of collar fastener, constituting thesubject matter of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view through the fastener shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate a portion of the upper partof the two collar members, and 3 reinforcing straps that are placed atthe crest of the collar, and as these parts may be of the usual or anypreferred construction, further description thereof is deemedunnecessary.

The present invention resides in a novel form of fastener hereinillustrated. As shown, the fastener embodies two attaching lates ormembers 4 and 5, a bridge 6, and a ocking lever 7. The bridge embodiestwo longitudinal bowed side arms 8 and three cross bars 9, 10, and 11that are integral with the side arms. The plate 4 is provided at one endwith a split tubular bearing 12 in which is arranged the cross bar 9,and at its intermediate'j portion jwit 'iiaiitransverselslotSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Serial No. 150,010.

13, and at the end opposite that carrying the cross bar 9 with anorifice 14. The plate 5 is provided with two upwardly curved arms 15which are connected at their upper ends by a bar 16 upon which is hingeda locking lever 7, the latter being provided with a slit sleeve 17 toengage the bar 16. As shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the cross bar 10of the bridge may be received in the concavity formed by the upwardlyprojecting curved arms 15 and that when so received, they also engage inthe concavity of the locking lever.

The cross-bars 10 and 11 are designed to be engaged by a flange or lip20 carried by the locking lever 7, thus to secure the requisiteadjustment of the collar sections, it being seen that when the flange isin engage ment with the cross bar 11, that the op osed ends of thecollar sections are separate and when the flange is in enga -ement withthe cross bar 10, the said col ar ends will be caused to impinge againsteach other. This range of adjustment will be sufiicient to make thecollar fit properly on the animal.

As stated, it is one of the objects of the invention to provide afastener which may be secured to the collar either by ordinary I straps,or by rivets, the latter arrangement being shown in Fig. 1, and beingpreferred with a certain class of heavy collars. To secure this result,rivets 21 are passed through the slots 13 and 18, and are caused to bearagainst the end walls thereof, and similar rivets 22 are passed throughthe slots 14 and 19.

Nhen it is desired to em loy the usual straps 23 for securing the'astener to the collar sections, these straps are inserted through theslots 13 and 18 and are stitched or otherwise connected to the collar.

1 claim 1. A collar fastener comprising two attaching members each ofwhich is provided with a transverse slot and with an orifice, the slotsbeing sufficiently wide to be engaged either by a strap or by rivets toattach the members to a collar, a bridge pivotally connected with one ofthe members and provided with a plurality of cross bars, and a leverpivotally connected with the other member and provided with means toengage the cross bars, whereby to adjust the col ar asrcquisite.

2. A collar fastener comprising a pair of In testimony that I claim theforegoing attaching members provided With interl0ckas my own, I havehereto afiiXed my signaing elements, each of the said members being turein the presence of two Witnesses. provided With an arm and with a slot,the ADAM REED.

- 5 slot being sufliciently wide to be engaged Witnesses:

either by a strap or by rivets to attach the ALFRED G. COX, members to acollar. WALTER BEASTEN.

